Summary

Renders a string as an image using a truetype font.

Usage

input|texttoimage( style )

Parameters

Name	Type	Description	Required
style	string	The name of the style that should be used.	Yes.

Returns

Image layer.

Description

This operator creates an image that contains the input text rendered using a truetype font. The style parameter must be used to specify the desired style. If the style parameter is omitted, the default style will be used. The operator returns an "ezimagelayer" object which can be used as a parameter to the "image" operator. If this operator is called directly, eZ Publish will display the specified image using the "layer/image.tpl" template located in the "templates" directory of the current design or one of the fallback designs. It is possible to override this template using the template override system. Please note that this operator will only work if "ImageGD" is installed and enabled.

An eZ Publish distribution comes with a small collection of truetype fonts that are used by the default styles. These fonts are located in the "/design/standard/fonts" directory. The fonts included in this directory are free when it comes to costs and distribution. Information about the author of a font is placed in a directory with the same name as the font itself.

Default styles

The default styles are defined in the "texttoimage.ini" configuration file. The following list reveals the names of the default styles.

• 1942
• a_d_mono
• archtura
• arial
• gallery
• object_text
• sketchy
• smartie

Please refer to the examples below to see the default styles in action.

Custom styles

It is possible to create custom styles and to make use of custom fonts. For each style, it is possible to configure the following settings:

• The name of the style
• Font family
• Point size
• Background color
• Text color
• Angle/rotation
• X adjustment
• Y adjustment
• Width adjustment
• Height adjustment
• Absolute width
• Absolute height

When using fonts that are located outside the "/design/standard/fonts" directory, for example "/design/example/fonts", the FontDir[] array in a configuration override for "texttoimage.ini" has to include an additional FontDir[] line that specifies the secondary font directory.

Examples

Example 1

{'Another World'|texttoimage( '1942' )}

The following output will be produced:

 

Example 2

{'Another World'|texttoimage( 'a_d_mono' )}

The following output will be produced:

 

Example 3

{'Another World'|texttoimage( 'archtura' )}

The following output will be produced:

 

Example 4

{'Another World'|texttoimage( 'arial' )}

The following output will be produced:

 

Example 5

{'Another World'|texttoimage( 'gallery' )}

The following output will be produced:

 

Example 6

{'Another World'|texttoimage( 'object_text' )}

The following output will be produced:

 

Example 7

{'Another World'|texttoimage( 'sketchy' )}

The following output will be produced:

 

Example 8

{'Another World'|texttoimage( 'smartie' )}

The following output will be produced:

 

Example 9

{'Another World'|texttoimage()}

The following output will be produced (the default font will be used):

 

---